Author Archives: Mecklenburg Times staff reports

Charlotte-based Duke Energy Carolinas is considering having a minority interest in Santee Cooper’s 45 percent ownership of planned nuclear reactors at V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina. Duke has told the Public Service Commission of South Carolina that ...

The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced today that it has three new board members. Chuck Allen is the Charlotte-based managing director of government and community relations for US Airways. Will Miller, who helped Charlotte with its bid for the 2012 Democratic ...

Who says the Charlotte area is not welcoming to mobile food vendors? The town of Cornelius is seeking bids for such vendors to operate at Bailey Road, Torrence Chapel, Smithville and Legion parks in what could be an opportunity for ...

Permit fees. They’re a cost of doing business for anyone in the construction industry. In what sounds promising for architects, engineers and general contractors, Mecklenburg County’s Land Use and Environmental Services Agency is seeking input from such professionals on adjusting ...

Meetings of city councils and county boards of commissioners can last for hours as elected officials, who seem to love the sound of their own voices, pontificate about this and that. Unless you are a member of those bodies, or ...

When a group of Huntersville parents came to the July 12 meeting of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners to lobby for construction of a new school, they ruffled the feathers of Commissioner Vilma Leake. The parents, some of whom ...

Hey, managers. Think you’ve got the best stories of weird, hilarious or memorable-for-the-wrong-reasons job applicants? Well, Robert Half International might have you beat. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffing firm last week released a list of “interviews gone awry.” The list ...

What do you think planners discuss on the University of North Carolina School of Government’s listserv? We thought it would be mundane topics like zoning issues. But it’s more exciting than that. The subjects of massage parlors and medical marijuana ...

Lennar Corp. said it has hired a home consultant to grow its Charlotte division. The Miami-based company said Maria Degenhart will offer assistance to potential homebuyers. In a press release, Lennar said it “continues to add new communities and homes in ...